User's Manual

1 Safety Directions
1.1 General Introduction
The following directions enable the person responsible for the product, and the
p
erson who actually uses the equipment, to anticipate and avoid operational
hazards.
The person responsible for the product must ensure that all users understand
these directions and adhere to them.
Warning messages are an essential part of the safety concept of the instru-
men
t. They appear wherever hazards or hazardous situations can occur.
Warning messages...
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mak
e the user alert about direct and indirect hazards concerning the use
of the product.
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contain general rules of behaviour.
For the users‘ safety, all safety instructions and safety messages shall be
s
trictly observed and followed! Therefore, the manual must always be available
to all persons performing any tasks described here.
DANGER, WARNING, CAUTION and NOTICE are standardised signal words for
identifying levels of hazards and risks related to personal injury and property
damage. For your safety, it is important to read and fully understand the fol-
lowing table with the different signal words and their definitions! Supplemen-
tary safety information symbols may be placed within a warning message as
well as supplementary text.
Type Description
DANGER
Indicates an imminently hazardous situation
which, if no
t avoided, will result in death or
serious injury.
WARNING
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or
an unin
tended use which, if not avoided,
could result in death or serious injury.
CAUTION
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or
an unin
tended use which, if not avoided,
may result in minor or moderate injury.
NOTICE
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or
an unintended use which, if not avoided,
may result in appreciable material, financial
and environmental damage.
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Important paragraphs which must be adhered
to in practice as they enable the product to
be used in a technically correct and efficient
manner.
Description
About warning
m
essages
6 Safety Directions